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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Edson Carr
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:07:26 -0500
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Sheila Bates wrote to me:

> Our James Hatch was born March 31, 1786.
> According to the Hatch family bible he was born in Salem Ma.


Did the Bible say Salem Massachusetts or some form of abbreviation for
the state.? The person who wrote it just knew Salem and thought is was
Salem MA.

The information in Family bibles is often wrong especially is the
information was written after the death of the person. In addition to
Salem, Essex county MA, there is a New Salem, a Salem NH, also NY.

Look on USGS Mapping Information: Geographic Names Information System
(GNIS) <http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/>; for all Salems and
look in the 1800 - 1820 census Census for James Hatch.

bob gillis

>
> He died April 8,1867 and was buried in family plot in a small cemetery
> adjoining The Bates family farm just outside of Rockton.Il.
> His family all later moved to Beloit, Wisconsin about three miles away.
> According to an earlier family reseacher his parents were James and
> Esther Hatch and he had a brotherand they moved around Massachusetts
> and Vermont.
> I did later find a James and Esther Tucker marriage in Preston, Ct.
> that could have been his parents, an interesting fact was that the
> Tucker family lived in Salem, Ma before moving to Preston.but I was
> told by another Hatch researcher,the Hatches who lived in Preston were
> from the William Hatch line of Scituate,Plymouth, Ma.
> We know that our James is from the Thomas Hatch line of Barnstable.
> His cousin, who moved to Dixon, Il another James, his daughter Sarah
> wrote a letter to her cousin Jane Hatch Moon comparing her prsent home
> to the one she's left behind out East.and their family tree is
> included in the book "Thomas Hatch and his Descendants," Compiled by
> Laura Wayland - Smith Hatch.
> I have not tried Barnstable, but It would be worth a try. Others
> before me tried the cenus route, but I thank you for the suggestion.
> I myself have a family that never moved at all, living in Yorkshire,
> England and finally a Gt. Grandfather moving down to Kent.til I came
> over here 53 years ago. It makes for an interesting pastime in America
> following their dreams don't you think?
> Sorry I messed up with my earlier imput.
> Best wishes,
> Sheila
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob gillis"
> <>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Edson Carr
>
>
>> You wrote:
>>
>>> I have proof that James Hatch's cousins (also James) moved from
>>> Alstead, N.H. to Dixon, Il about the same time our James came to
>>> Rockton. but still have no written evidence of his birth or parents.
>>> I do know he is descended from the Barnstable, Ma. Hatches. and
>>> there are at least two photos that show family likeness to another
>>> branch.
>>>
>>
>> when did James Hatch die?
>>
>> I assume you have asked on the Barnstaple County list/MB for a look
>> up of his birth which should be in the Barnstaple (town) VRs.
>>
>> When I went through the Essex County VRs I did [not] see a James
>> Hatch as a father or groom.
>>
>> Follow him back through the Census.
>>
>>> I realize too that Alstead, N.H. and Barnstable MA are not in Essex
>>> County, but these ancestors moved around New England very much
>>> ,looking for places to put down roots, and I'm amazed at how much,
>>> considering the mode of transportation they had.
>>
>>
>> From Barnstaple MA to Essex County or New Hampshire would be easy via
>> ship.
>>
>> bob gillis
>>
>>>
>>
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